The world in 27 AD — what happened that year

7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Feng Yi crushed the Red Eyebrows at Xiaodi; the remnants headed south toward Yiyang. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1上光武帝紀上建武3年)
Guangwu deployed a great army at Yiyang; the Red Eyebrows surrendered and offered the imperial seal and ribbon of Gaozu. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1上光武帝紀上建武3年)
Guangwu visited Chongling, sacrificed at the original shrine, and held a feast with the elders of his native village at the old house. (Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals 後漢書卷1上光武帝紀上建武3年)

After more than 20,000 people died in the collapse of the amphitheatre at Fidenae, the Roman people strongly demanded Tiberius's return. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Tiberius 40)
The collapse of an amphitheater built by the freedman Atilius, a disaster (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 4.62)
A great fire reduces the Caelian Hill to ashes (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 4.64)
After the dedication of the temples in Campania, Tiberius announces by edict that he will not be disturbed, and withdraws into seclusion (Tacitus, Annals and Histories Ann. 4.67)